Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The terminology of A.Lange&sohne watches

ADJUSTED IN FIVE POSITIONS
On the watch worn most often in the five positions for accurate adjustment: dial upward, downward, the crown upward, downward, and lie flat five positions.
ASSEMBLY SCREWS
Recyclable screws: for Lange movement of the first assembly work 
AUGUSTUS THE STRONG
The Saxon Elector (1694 - 1733). Under his rule, Dresden rise to the famous World Cultural Center, the capital of Baroque architecture, the cradle of scientific exploration.

BALANCE COCK (balance wheel splint)
Small metal plate with screws on the exposed parts of the movement, for carrying a balance wheel bearings.

BEZEL (bezel)
The bezel is the case on the edge of the fixed mirror the structure. The mirror and the sealing ring is installed embedded within the structure of the groove.

BLACK POLISH (black polished)
Also known as the mirror-polished. A special polishing technique so that the surface appears black in certain light angles

BLUED STEEL, BLUED SCREWS (blue steel blue screw) * ^ 8 d (`w! C" t9 e
Shaolian the steel slowly to 300 degrees Celsius, so the steel surface to produce a very thin layer of magnetite film (Fe3O4) with daisy blue shiny

CHAMFERING (cutting edge)
Also known as: chamfer or bevel edge. Bevelled the edge of the bridge deck and leverage, then the entire bevel polished very neat line width.
CHRONOGRAPH (stopwatch)
The stopwatch device has a separate timer and independent seconds hand (chronograph hand), which measures the short timing interval (stopping time)
COLUMN WHEEL (guide column wheel)






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